Spends less time with family and friends and more time alone or away from home

Often seems moody or irritable

Begins to skip classes, often shows up late for school, or has a drop in grades

Buys things like CDs and T-shirts with pro-marijuana messages or symbols

Loses interest in hobbies

​Comes home high (talkative, giggly, red or glassy eyes) or goes straight to his room

Smells of marijuana

​Possesses drugs or drug paraphernalia

Vapes are devices that heat liquid into an aerosol that the user inhales. The liquid usually has nicotine, flavoring and other additives.

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​Many students perceive vape produce a "water vapor" when in fact they create aerosol that contain harmful chemicals, including known carcinogens such as formaldehyde, cadmium and benzene.

​​Nicotine is highly addictive and can affect brain development. CDC

​​Teens who vape are three times more likely to use marijuana and six times more likely to smoke cigarettes than non-cigarette users. nih.gov., Pediatrics, April 2018

Recent studies show that 75% of teenagers seeing photos on social networks of other teens smoking weed or drinking encourages them to party in the same way. Teens who have come across these kinds of photos online are 4 times more likely to have used marijuana and more than 3 times more likely to have consumed alcohol. Social media has also begun to desensitize children at a younger age as well — 90% of these kids saw their peers in these photos online before they were even 16 years old.​

Electronic cigarettes, aka vapes, are hand-held, battery powered unfiltered nicotine delivery devices that can also be used for marijuana.

​​​Teenagers in GBS or GBNText “GBN Help” or “GBS Help” and your message to 1.844.823.5323

All other ​Teenagers

text the code “HELLO” 844.823.5323

How It Works:Anyone who sends a text message to 844.823.5323 will receive an immediate

text response from a trained, professional counselor provided by LEAD

(Linking Efforts Against Drugs).

JUULS, Vaping &

e-cigarettes, do you know the real truth?

E-juice

What are JUUL's, e-cigs and vapes?

& best protection against alcohol use.

​​Thursday, April 27th, GNCYheld a presentation on how to use the “Talk. They Hear You.” App & how - and when - to start the conversation about alcohol. In case you missed it, here is the information we discussed.

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​​​HAVING TOUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH KIDS ABOUT ALCOHOL?

(CNN, September 17) Nationwide, 12.4 percent of high school students and 4.5 percent of middle schoolers have used marijuana with an e-cigarette/vape in their lifetimes, according to study recently published in JAMA Pediatrics.